10 Youngest Players Who Made Their Debut In International Cricket
Published - 25 Jun 2025, 11:25 AM | Updated - 25 Jun 2025, 11:35 AM
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There have been a number of players who made their international debut at a very young age. This article looks at the 10 Youngest Players Who Made Their Debut In International Cricket.
10 Youngest Players Who Made Their Debut In International Cricket
10. Enamul Haque Jr
The former Bangladeshi spinner Enamul Haque Jr played 25 international matches, having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 320 days. Enamul was successful in picking 58 wickets in the Test and ODI formats of the game.
9. Naseem Shah
The youngest bowler to take a hat-trick in international cricket made his debut in a Test series against Bangladesh in 2020 at the age of 16 years and 279 days.
8. Nasim-ul-Ghani
Nasim ul Ghani, one of those cricketers who was born in an undivided India but played for Pakistan, was. a bowling all-rounder who made his debut in 1958 at the age of 16 years and 248 days and played 28 Tests with 747 runs and 52 wickets under his belt.
7. Talha Jubair
The Bangladeshi pacer Talha Jubair picked up 14 wickets in seven Test matches for Bangladesh after making his debut at the age of 16 years and 223 days against Sri Lanka in 2002.
Jubair also played six ODIs for Bangladesh and picked up as many wickets, with his last international outing coming against India in 2004.
6. Aftab Baloch
Aftab Baloch, the Pakistani batter, made his debut at the age of 16 years and 221 days in 1969 and played a couple of Test matches for his country with a half century against his name last of which came in 1975.
5. Sachin Tendulkar
Leading run scorer in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut at the age of 16 years and 205 days in a high-octane series against Pakistan and ended up becoming the poster boy of Indian cricket.
Tendulkar is the only batter to score 100 hundreds in international a record he achieved in the 2012 Asia Cup match against Bangladesh.
4. Aaqib Javed
Aaqib Javed, the Pakistani fast bowler, made his international debut at the age of 16 years and 189 days and soon became an integral part of the team, which had the likes of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
Javed played 22 Tests and 163 ODIs from 1989 to 1998 and picked up 54 and 182 wickets respectively.
3. Mohammad Sharif
The Bangladeshi player made his international debut when he was 16 years and 128 days old against Zimbabwe in 2001 and represented his country in nine Tests and 10 ODIS with little success.
2. Mushtaq Mohammad
Mushtaq Mohammad was another one of those many Pakistani cricketers who made his debut at a very young age of 15 years and 124 days in international cricket. Mushtaq had a very illustrious career that spanned 19 years.
1. Hasan Raza
Hasan Raza, who played for Pakistan from 1996 to 2005, had a short international career with 7 Test matches and 16 ODIs under his belt.
He made his debut at the age of 14 years and 227 days against Zimbabwe in 1996 and played his last match against England in 2005 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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